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RO YAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS , ST . JOHN'S HILL BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . INSTITUTED 17 SS . CHIEF PATRONESS : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . GRAND PATRON AND PRESIDENT : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . GRAND PATRONESS : HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES . At a GENERAL COURT of this Institution held at F REEMASONS' TAVERN , Great Oueen Street , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields . London , W . C , on THURSDAY , 7 th APRIL , 1 S 92 , B , o . H ENRY SMITH , P . G . D ., D . P . G . M . West Yorkshire , Treasurer and Vice-Patron , in the chair , after the general business was disposed of , the Governors and Subscribers proceeded to the ELECTION by BALLOT of iC Girls into the Institution from a list of 23 approved Candidates , when the following were declared duly No . on No . on ELECTED . Poll . List . VOTES . r ... 22 ... Adair , Agnes Lucy ( last ) ... 44 S 2 2 ..- 5 ¦¦• Procter , Grace ( last ) 34 S 0 3 ... 9 ... Ticehurst , Hyacinth Frances ... 334 S 4 ... 10 ... Hughes , Daisy Elizabeth ... 3543 5 ... 0 ... Fuller , Margaret Ellen 3203 6 ... 11 ... White , Harriot Mehetable ... 3139 7 ... 15 ... Lampen , Ida Mary 3056 S ... 12 ... Dodd , Grace 29 C 6 9 ... S ... Southcott , Mary Elizabeth Maud „ ( fast ) 2934 10 ... 2 ... Cash , Alice Mary 2 S 1 S 11 ... iS ... Salisbury , Lydia Mary Kate ... 2797 12 ... 21 ... Issard , Ethel Annie 2641 13 ... 23 ... Seller , Dorothy Gertrude ... 23 G 2 14 ... 20 ... Slaymaker , Isabel Julia 2517 15 ... 14 ... Wakefield , Alice Maude ... 2139 16 ... 7 ... Davies , Rose Frances 2125 The number of Votes recorded for Unsuccessful Candidates can be obtained on application at the Secretary's Office , No . 5 , Freemasons' Hall , and will be duly carried forward at the next election , if eligible . F . R . W . HEDGES , Secretary .

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ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . APRIL ELECTION . The Worshipful Master , Past Masters , Officers , and Brethren of the Gallery Lodge , No . 1928 , together with the relatives , friends , and other supporters of the case of AGNES LUCY ADAIR , beg to return their best and most sincere thanks to the . Subscribers to the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , for their generous assistance in electing the Candidate to the benefits of this Institution . The Candidate was returned at the head of the poll with the unexpected aggregate of 44 S 2 votes . Anderton ' s Hotel , li . C , 7 th April , 1 S 92 .

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QEORGE REES . PNGRAVINGS by the Principal Artists . Eight Hundred Subjects in Stock . Liberal Discount . PATCHINGS , Large and Choice Variety on View ¦ " by Leading Artists . Liberal Cash Discount . CPORTING PICTURES , both Old and New . *** Hunting , Racing , Coaching , & c . Large Assortment . Liberal Discount for Cash . DICTURE FRAMES . Special Masonic Designs for Certificate Frames , & c , at Lowest Prices . A New Catalogue , with Prices , & c , post free , Id . Stamp . GEORGE REES , SAVOY HOUSE , 115 , STRAND . Established 30 Years .

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C !* ILLIAM ( Successors to Makepeace ' and Walford ) , ' SILVERSMITHS , JEWELLERS , AND DIAMOND MOUNTERS , DEALERS IN ANTIQUE PLATE & JEWELLERY . 6 , SERLE STREET , LINCOLN ' S INN , 446 , OXFORD STREET , NEAR ORCHARD STREET . . The Freemiuon ot May 10 th , 1891 , says— " Messrs . Gilliam li « 1 d aml Silversmiths , of 8 , Serlo Street , Lincoln ' s Inn , » _ 7 ' ? i- n vcry fortunate insecuring so fine a site fortheir now wnblishmont as 110 , Oxford Street ( nenr Orchard Street ) , and 1 , 1 ? ' ° { 1 ! J ratul & te them on tho bounty and artistic design disch ¦ J ? ^ eir new premises ; tho stock is of the most rare and thi ' n r ° ¦ iad ' aml our brethren , who uro fond of old and Rood uln _ ? 8 in precious metals , would do well to pay them a visit . " PARTRIDGE & COOPER , * "THE" STATIONERS , 92 & 191 , FLEET STREET , LONDON . SCIENTIFIC WHIST CARDS , Is -M . per pack ; free by post is . gd . Although only just published , some thousands have already been sold . BRIDGE & COOPER hold one of the largest stock of „ Playing Cards in London . e Club House Playing Cards , is . per Pack , 1 is . per doz . / ' «_ .. _ llluilrated dialogue forwarded tun ! free ml a / iflicatiiiH .

Notice.

NOTICE .

In consequence of Friday next being Good Friday , the "Freemason" will be published on the morning of Thursday , the 14 th inst ., instead of Friday , as usual .

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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

We again remind our readers that the Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys will be held in the large hall of Freemasons ' Tavern to-day ( Friday ) , at noon precisely . The business will include the election of io members of the

Board of Management ( live London and five Provincial ) , from a list of 20 brethren ( 10 London and 10 Provincial ) , and of 20 boys from a list of 3 8 approved candidates—since reduced by the withdrawal of No . 1 to 27 candidates . The poll will close at 3 p . m .

punctually for both elections . The boys placed at Nos . 2 , 24 , and 33 respectively are last cases , and we take this final opportunity of renewing the earnest appeal for support from unpledged voters which we have already made in their behalf .

The Quarterly General Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls was held at the Freemasons' Tavern on Thursday , the 7 th instant . The chair was occupied by Bro . Henry Smith , D . P . G . M . West Yorkshire , and

as soon as the regular business of the Court was concluded , a poll was taken for the election of 16 from an approved list of 23 candidates . The names of the successful candidates will be found recorded in our advertisement columns .

* * * We have no intention of anticipating the announcement of those brethren who will be appointed to Grand Office for the ensuing year , which will be made in Grand Lodge at the Grand Festival on VVednesday ,

the 27 th instant , though the names of several who have had the good fortune to be selected have reached us , But we see no reason why we should not endorse the statement which has already been made that Bro . the

Duke of Portland will be the new Senior Grand Warden , and Bro . the Earl of Durham the new Junior Grand Warden . The latter belongs to a family which has supplied more than one member that has won distinction in the ranks of our Society .

* The Sydney Freemason , in its issue of the 1 st February last , expresses itself in terms of very strong disgust because our United Grand Lodge , acting on the advice of its Grand Registrar , has ruled that Article

219 of our Book of Constitutions means what it says . Some two or three years previously our Colonial Board , having Iirst of all consulted the same Grand Registrar , had decided that thc said Article meant what

it did not say . Subsequently the question at issue was again brought under the notice of our Grand Lodge authorities by prominent New Zealand brethren , the result being , as we have stated , that our Grand Lodge reversed the decision of its Colonial Board .

It cannot be denied that there is a clear and absolute inconsistency between the decision of oqr Colonial Board in 1 S 88 and that of our United Grand Lodge last year , but this inconsistency does not establish the correctness of the earlier decision and render the later

one iniquitous . In our High Court of Judicature there is not a term passes in which the decision of one of the judges is not reversed by the Court of Appeal , but no one dreams of calling the reversal " stupid folly , " nor if a counsel sees fit to change his opinion , does any

right-minded person charge him with " coercions and judicial depravity . " It would have been far better , and certainly far more frank and out-spoken , if the Sydney Freemason had said—the first decision , or ruling , of Bro .

Philbrick was right , because it accorded with our own interpretation of Article 219 ; his second ruling is wrong , because we do not so interpret the said Article . But this would be mere assertion , not argument .

Correspondence.

Correspondence .

I We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed bv our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair pta . y I o all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]

HAUTS GRADES . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , There is a certain French expression which occurs frequently in your paper , and which , by reason of its inaccuracy , invariably sets my teeth on edge and causes a cold shiver to run down my back . 1 do

not suppose tor one moment that you desire to put me to torture of malice prepense , and therefore take the liberty of pointing it out to you , in order that you may instill just so much knowledge of the French language into your compositors as may enable them to avoid exasperating me beyond endurance . I allude to the words Hants Grades , which some malignant power

apparently impels your comps . to invariably spell Halites Grades . Now Grade , degree , is a French substantive masculine , and Haute is the feminine form of the adjective Uaitt , high . You will at once perceive that the e is altogether excessive , and calculated to drive a French scholar-to a strength of language quite incompatible with his Masonic

obligations . Please dismiss instantly any compositor who in future shall print tbe words Hants Grades with the redundant e , and inflict any further punishment upon him which your ingenuity may be able to devise , thereby contributing to the peace of mind , and obliging yours fraternally , G . W . SPETH . [ Wc fear the unfortunate compositors' delinquencies

in the matter of the redundant e must be shared not only by several of our correspondents but by more than one Masonic author of repute . We have no desire to add a fifth victim in the person of Bro . Speth to the four whose fame the worthy Secretary of the

" Quatuor Coronati" Lodge has done so much to perpetuate , and readily promise to inflict all the penalties suggested by him 011 any member of the staff who in future shall be found guilty of the atrocity which has so shattered our correspondent ' s nervous system . —En . F . MJ .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

979 ] "THE NEW ATLANTIS . " This short fragment of Bacon ' s will be found in any edition of his works , and as , like " Lex Scripta , " I am at a distance from anv public library , no doubt some of

your readers will supply him with it . No Masonic work has thought it worth while to reprint it ; Bros . Findel and Gould both comment upon it , but only to refute the views of foreign Masons who have attributed to it the present aspect of Freemasonry . JOHN YARKER .

9 S 0 ] THE TEMPLAR RITUAL . The difficulty of dealing with this subject seems to arise from the inability of the body to ascertain who and what they are . I take it that the degree originates in the Christian Master , and if it actually has any connection with the old knights , it could only be from

the Scottish members found in the Stuart party , who had modified it . In later times ( last century ) it was undoubtedly a mixture of Templar , Rose Croix , and Kadosh . As the two last grades are now worked by several other bodies , the most practical course would undoubtedl } be to adopt a modified form of the Scottish ritual , which is excellent in its arrangement . JOHN YARKER , P . E . C , & c .

Reviews.

Reviews .

THE DORSET MASONIC CALENDAR , A . 1 .. 5 S 92 , & c . This valuable and welcome annuil is edited , printed , and published by Bro . J . A . Sherren , of Weymouth , and as it is about as near perfection as possible , it is compiled on the old lines . As becometh a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society , Bro . Sherren relieves the dry details with interesting bits of information , an J in this year ' s issue has had

occasion to add an Obituary , death having been terribly busy amongst prominent Craftsmen during 1891-2 . These notices of departed worthies form a feature of the present publication , and should generall y be followed by other editors ; because permanent registers of active service , of those the provinces desire to gratefully remember .

There are 13 lodges in Dorset , with 176 Past Masters , and a total of O 28 members—much as last year . There are seven R . A . chapters ( a large number in proportion ) and live Mark lodges . The votes in the Central Masonic Charities , notwithstanding the serious losses by death , run up to 21 S 9 , vyhich represents one of the largest proportionate totals in England .

THE MASONIC YEAR BOOK FOR THE PROVINCE OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE , 1 S 92 . Bro . W . P . Spalding is the printer , publisher , and editor of one of thc most artistic and handy Masonic directories issued in this country . In its compilation he his been " advised and assisted by a Committee appointed by Provincial Grand Lodge , " though , practically , the present year book is much the same as its immediate predecessor of

ibyi . 1 he province is a very small one—only six lodgesbut its influence is extensive notwithstanding , and far-reaching , especially through the medium of the Isaac Newton University Lodge , No . 859 . There are four Koyal Arch chapters , two Mark lodges , a Knights Templar preceptory , and two Rose Croix chapters . What the voting strength of the province is as respects the Central Masonic Charities is not stated . Make a memo of this , Bro . Spalding , and give particulars in the directory for 1893 .